The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-03
BOOTH AND HERNDON.
A Pretty Little Story, With a Touch Of
Romance.
An arrans cement by Which They Appear
In The Same Town--Win the Two
Great Artists Marry is
QUESTION.

TIE following concerning Miss Agnes
HeUf0l fnd Edwin Booth, taken from
tae Cinc,uGsti Telegram. will prove in
teres.iGg 10 the theatre goeTs OF Canton,
h8 former having occupied the boards
SD ScHeefT'7 last Saturday night:
"A arusallOnw
"Y'-; oue that Will paint the town
r.d."
Tell j TO me quick"
II wiz, put don't speak so loud, and
come over In this corner where l can
talk"
do on; go Oh; am all attention"
"You know Edwin Booth and Miss
Agnes HerndOnP"
eTtalnly"
We'll, now listen. Three years ago
Mr.. Booth ald his daughter EiWina, who
has since married, at the pressing invi-
tatiOn OF the late President Ar huT,
called 00s evening at his New York
home Ii was very pleasant affair and
many people prominent In the social
dramatic and political world were pres.
ent. During the evening Mr.. Booth and
| his daughter had the pleasure of an in.
PRODUCTION to Miss Agnes HerndOn. He
was struck by her beautiful face and
form end completely won over by her
re6l uent and intelligence. She wac
eqDsly 2 attracted by the great tTage.
| diau. L was their first meeting. An af-
Itc ID, az strong as it was sudden also
| sQg 1g uO between the Misses Booth and
Hsrldon. When Miss EdWns and her
father returned to hi5 home at COhassatt
Lao young ladies began q correspond.
| eBce, Booth often read the letters "a
| his daughter from Miss HeTndOn, and
| lle nll6e man OF the world and the pc.
OF two hemlspheres WIS very much i'm
pressed by he purity and nobility Of dis
position Of Miss HerndOn that was
30 eyinent in all her CORE
5DOndence. Well, the upsh0t Of
the hole affair was that last summer
Booth, through his daughter, sent q
cordial invitation to Miss HeTndOn tC
aDeni the heated term at Cohassett
Slu came and he more than ever was
a5raoted by this magnificent young
W man, with the Juno form and MadOn-
na tace. During her visit it was observed
that Miss HerndOn and Booth were al
most inseperable. Arm In arm
they stTOlIed on the yellow
sands uBder the white moonlight
Ii was his flowers that found
their way 10 her room and his form was
| by her side in the long rides and drives
along the beach ia the morning, and
| long before the aUtumn winds cuTled
the SILT waves into white caps, IL was
notices. That she called him Edwin" and
he mucmUIed Agnes, with the accent
on Che ''e-s." 1t was q charming idyl
down in the heart of the summer thai
was famed into life by the sweet south
wind and perpetuated by their own
desire.
At the beginning Of the last season an
effort was made by their respective
managers TO arrange their tour over the
country 30 that they might be thrown
| together as much as possible on the road,
hut the arrangement fell through
owing to the limited number of towns
iu WAlch Ar. Booth appeared, ana this
! ai'v, uaHt week, Will De the first DlsCe
| NY mo9J In since the 9gmW3jca
WaH, lf the season. "la will certainly
5a Y3l interesting for The parties COZ.
Gag7e..'
"N'l -gey stop at che same boiniP'
ooh, certainly not Mics HsFai0,
! Will pA1 Np 40 tl5 Gfanu 8Nl BoC'h u,
jAe Burnett"
"Wnat re Miss HerndOns autec5d.
ents?"
"Slo Is descendant Of the dist,n
guisued family of HeTndons, Of ViU.
gina. Her uncle, Lieutenant ReTEdOU,
United States Navy, went down with a
m8u-Of war, of which he was In com
mend, eff Cape HatteTas, 10 1862
Another relative, Hon. Q. P. johnson,
is noted lawyer of 81. Louis, and Lieu
tenant, Governor Of Missouri. Her first
cousin is Hon. Phillip p FOuke, Senator
from Louisiana. The home of the Hern-
dOns is at fredericksburg, Va"
"Are t6ey engaged to be maTriedp"
Everybody who knows anything
about lbcm says so, aud when you speak
to BOO!h aDOut 1t he flies into passion
and refuses to talk. When spoken to
about tho matter Miss HerndOn, says:
/ am welded to my art, and will not
marry for year, at least"